Price tag



April 1932B F. w. LAENCHER 1,854,149

PRICE TAG Filed Aug. 19, 1951 INVENTOR- TORNEY- Patented Apr. 12, 1932UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK W. LAENQHER, OF ELMHURST, YORK,ASSIGNOR TO A. KIMBALL GOM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK PRICE TAG Application filed August 19, 1931. Serial No.557,961.

This invention relates to price tags for merchandise.

It is an object of the invention to provide a price tag which may besecurely attached to articles of merchandise without the use of metalattaching devices such as pins or staples, and without likelihood ofdamage to delicate fabrics such as silk hose, for example.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes ofillustration is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a'plan view of a strip of price ta 5.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are similar sectional views showing the method ofattaching the tag to the goods.

Figures 6 and 7 are front and rear views, respectively, showing the tagattached to the goods.-

The price tag 1 is preferably formed of a single thickness of relativelystiff paper or cardboard cut to the desired shape and' slze. The tagsmay be formed singly, or if desired, may be made in strips asillustrated in Figure 1, for convenience in printing the tags in markingmachines.

For purposes of attaching the price tag to the goods, a tab 2 isprovided, which, as illustrated, lies entirely within the marginal edgeof the tag.

The tab is preferably formed integrally with the body of the tag, andmay be formed by cutting-the tag stock at the same time the tags or tagstrips themselves are cut. Preferably the tab is so formed that two ofits edges 3 and 4 are spaced from the adjacent edges 5 and 6 of the tagbody so as to provide slots or spaces 7 therebetween for the receptionof the goods to be tagged. The third edge 8 of the tab, however, shouldclosely abut the adjacent edge 9 of the tag, so, that when the goods areplaced between the tab and tag body, as hereinafter explained, there issubstantial resistance to movement of the tab through the plane of. thetag body.

Preferably the abutting edges of the tab and tag are provided withmating irregularities such as saw teeth which aid in providing thedesired gripping action and help to prevent accidental loosening of thetags from the goods to which they have been attached.

If desired the upper ends of the slots 7 may terminate in circularapertures 10 which tend to prevent tearingof'the tag when the tab isbent in gripping the-goods, as might otherwise occur if the slots wereleft with square corners. They also provide additional space for theeasy reception of the goods to be gripped.

These price tags may be used on many classes of merchandise where it isundesirable to use a metal pin or staple because of the danger ofinjuring the goods. For example, they have been found to bepar'ticularly useful in marking silk hose.

When using the tags, the tab is pushed out of the plane of the body ofthe tag, as illustrated in Figure 3, so as to permit the goods to beinserted between the tab and the tag body as illustrated in Figure 4. Aswill be understood, because of the provision of the slots or spaces 7between the side edges of the tab and the adjacent edges of thetag-body, it is easy to insert the goods so that the tab may grip thegoods well below the edge which is inserted. As soon as the goods arethus gripped, the tab is bent in an opposite direction, as illustratedin Figure 5. and is forced to pass through the plane of the tag body tothe opposite side thereof, so that the goods are gripped securelybetween the edge 8 of the tab and the abutting edge 9 of the tag body.tag can only be removed from the goods by vpressing on the tag to forceit back through the plane of the tag body. Any pull on the goods whichare gripped merely serves to wedge the abutting edges of tab and tagmore tighzly together to prevent removal of the '00 s.

b It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified andembodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginaledge of the tag,

The V i the said tab havin threeedges two of said from the ad acentedges of the tag body, so as to form open spaces edges being spacetherebetween, and a third edge abutting closely the adjacent edge of thetag body.

2. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginaledge of the tag,

the said tab having three edges two of said edges being spaced from theadjacent edges of the tag body, so as to form 0 en spaces therebetween,and a third edge 0 irregular shape abutting closely the mating adjacentirregular shaped edge of the tag body.

3. A price tag having a tab formed therein entirely within the marginaledge of the tag, the said tab having three edges, two of said edgesbeing spaced from the adjacent edges of the tag body, so as to form openspaces therebetween, and a third edge of saw tooth shape abuttin closelya mating saw tooth edge of the tag ody.

4. A price tag formed of a single thickness of paper stock having a tabformed therein entirely within the marginal edge of the tag, said tabhaving three edges, two of said edges being s aced from the adjacentedges of the tag b0 y, so as to form open spaces therebe-.

tween, and a third edge abutting closely the adjacent edge of the tagbody, so that there is substantial resistance to movement of the tabthrough the plane of the tag body whenever fabrics are engaged betweenthe tab and tag body.

5. A price tag having a tab formed. therein entirely within the marginaledge of the tag, said tab being spaced from the body of the tag alongtwo symmetrically disposed portions of its periphery but abuttingclosely the body of the tag along the remainder of its periphery.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this17th day of August, 1931.

FREDERICK W. LAENCHER.

